Spent an hour today removing the charcoal canister. The instructions at
https://www.guzzitech.com/forum/topic.html?f=163&t=1485&hilit=canister
are good. Fortunately I had all the bolts necessary for the deed in the junkbox (one 8mm and two 6mm). The canister itself isn't particularly heavy, but the visual impact of it gone is worth 50 lbs! Bike started fine and settled into a nice even idle, so preliminary indications are good.
While it was up on the lift I also raised the forks (yes, raised. ie: more rings above the fork bridge) 14mm or two rings. There are now 5 exposed rings, counting the one that mates with the upper deck of the fork bridge. My complaint with the handling is that the bike tends to fall into corners and it's difficult to hold a line while leaned over. Damned thing steers like a chopper! That tendancy is lkely aggravated by riding two up. The shock spring seems overwhelmed on bumps, G-outs in particular. Anybody have experience with the Penske shock? The Griso just wants to pick its own random arc in a corner. Sometimes it's nice to be able to give a little rider input in the event of a rock or some sand in the road! Hopefully lowering the front by by raising the fork will restore a bit of a normal attitude to the bike. Won't be able to judge too well prolly cuz I've still got the OEM Metzlers that are showing significant wear at 3000 mi. Don't wanna start a tire thread, but gonna be looking around for some replacemants real soon.
Ain't had it out yet, started an oil change but soon found my cup type oil filter wrench that works on the Triumph is too, er, petite for the industrial strength Griso. Measuring the filter, it looks like I need a 74mm cup with 14 flutes. Somewhere I came up with a part number of DS275120, but I don't know what manufacturer that is, certainly not Guzzi. If you Google the part number, it seems to be the same filter wrench fits Beemers and HDs. Can someone confirm that?
Get back with results soon, I'm really feeling guilty about putting more miles on it before an oil change. Any carburation changes are always impacted by my being at 9000 ft ASL.
https://www.guzzitech.com/forum/topic.html?f=163&t=1485&hilit=canister
are good. Fortunately I had all the bolts necessary for the deed in the junkbox (one 8mm and two 6mm). The canister itself isn't particularly heavy, but the visual impact of it gone is worth 50 lbs! Bike started fine and settled into a nice even idle, so preliminary indications are good.
While it was up on the lift I also raised the forks (yes, raised. ie: more rings above the fork bridge) 14mm or two rings. There are now 5 exposed rings, counting the one that mates with the upper deck of the fork bridge. My complaint with the handling is that the bike tends to fall into corners and it's difficult to hold a line while leaned over. Damned thing steers like a chopper! That tendancy is lkely aggravated by riding two up. The shock spring seems overwhelmed on bumps, G-outs in particular. Anybody have experience with the Penske shock? The Griso just wants to pick its own random arc in a corner. Sometimes it's nice to be able to give a little rider input in the event of a rock or some sand in the road! Hopefully lowering the front by by raising the fork will restore a bit of a normal attitude to the bike. Won't be able to judge too well prolly cuz I've still got the OEM Metzlers that are showing significant wear at 3000 mi. Don't wanna start a tire thread, but gonna be looking around for some replacemants real soon.
Ain't had it out yet, started an oil change but soon found my cup type oil filter wrench that works on the Triumph is too, er, petite for the industrial strength Griso. Measuring the filter, it looks like I need a 74mm cup with 14 flutes. Somewhere I came up with a part number of DS275120, but I don't know what manufacturer that is, certainly not Guzzi. If you Google the part number, it seems to be the same filter wrench fits Beemers and HDs. Can someone confirm that?
Get back with results soon, I'm really feeling guilty about putting more miles on it before an oil change. Any carburation changes are always impacted by my being at 9000 ft ASL.